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Book 07 Judges Chapter 003

 

003:001Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel
by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars
of Canaan;

 

003:002Only that the generations of the children of Israel might
know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew
nothing thereof;

 

003:003Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites,
and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount
Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

 

003:004And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they
would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he
commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

 

003:005And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites,
Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and
Jebusites:

 

003:006And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave
their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

 

003:007And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD,
and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the
groves.

 

003:008Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he
sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of
Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served
Chushanrishathaim eight years.

 

003:009And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered
them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

 

003:010And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged
Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered
Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his
hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.

 

003:011And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of
Kenaz died.

 

003:012And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the
LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against
Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

 

003:013And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and
went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

 

003:014So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab
eighteen years.

 

003:015But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite,
a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a
present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

 

003:016But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit
length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right
thigh.

 

003:017And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon
was a very fat man.

 

003:018And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away
the people that bare the present.

 

003:019But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by
Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king:
who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out
from him.

 

003:020And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer
parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have
a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.

 

003:021And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his
right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

 

003:022And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed
upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of
his belly; and the dirt came out.

 

003:023Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of
the parlour upon him, and locked them.

 

003:024When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw
that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said,
Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

 

003:025And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he
opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a
key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down
dead on the earth.

 

003:026And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the
quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

 

003:027And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet
in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went
down with him from the mount, and he before them.

 

003:028And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath
delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they
went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab,
and suffered not a man to pass over.

 

003:029And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all
lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

 

003:030So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the
land had rest fourscore years.

 

003:031And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the
Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also
delivered Israel.